6 March 2012

Koussevitzky conducts Bruckner

All the surviving Bruckner conducted by Koussevitzky, I'm afraid...
(I've no evidence of the complete 7th or other recordings).

I like very much the rehearsal sequence; and despite the heavy cuts, the 8th too deserves careful listening! Obviously a performance foreign to the Austro-German tradition, but generous, passionate and full of lyricism...

Bruckner
Symphony no. 8
(edited by S. Koussevitzky)

Boston Symphony Orchestra
SERGEI KOUSSEVITZKY
December 30, 1947

+ Symphony no. 7 (26 min rehearsals II mov)

Boston Symphony Orchestra
SERGEI KOUSSEVITZKY
1949

p.s.

thanks to anon for the infos:A bit more on that Bruckner 7th rehearsal.It comes from the NBC "Dress Rehearsal" program. Portions of the second movement were broadcast on April 18, 1949.

As a request, do you have Eduard van Beinum recordings to share??Like to hear his Mahler 7 (just released but completed with different sources!!)from a different "superior" source like those from your treasure cave!

Thank you for these recordings and thanks to whoever cleaned up these recordings. I already had a copy of both these recordings,though the sound quality was quite bad. The downloads here are in much better sound than the recordings I have, especially the rehearsal of Bruckner 7th.

Always amazing to hear Koussevitzky rehearsing the orchestra! What a great artist he was!

What fine recordings! And a shock for those who think of Koussevitzky as a bit superficial - the detailed attention he pays in the rehearsal sequence, the precision of his grasp of the score & what he wants is great to hear. thank you!